Name: Skylark (arr. John Fries) by Johnny Mercer Lead Sheet / Fake Book Digital Sheet Music
Brand: John Fries
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Skylark (arr. John Fries)
by Johnny Mercer Lead Sheet / Fake Book - Digital Sheet Music

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Product Details

Title Skylark (arr. John Fries)

Artist Johnny Mercer

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Hoagy Carmichael Johnny Mercer

Arranger John Fries

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 1

Arrangement Lead Sheet / Fake Book

Publisher John Fries

Level 4

Product ID 515970

Genre Jazz Standards 20th Century

Instruments C Instruments

Product Description

TYPE JOHN FRIES IN THE SEARCH BAR TO SEE ALL I HAVE TO OFFER. Thanks, John. Carmichael wrote the melody, based on a Bix Beiderbecke cornet improvisation, as "Bix Licks", for a project to turn the novel Young Man With a Horn into a Broadway musical. After that project failed, Carmichael brought in Johnny Mercer to write lyrics for the song. Mercer said that he struggled for a year after he got the music from Carmichael before he could get the lyrics right. This song is considered a jazz standard. Additionally, it is believed to have inspired a long-running Buick car of the same name that was produced from 1953 to 1998.

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